Unexpected Finger to Leg Ratio
e6filmuser
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We were on a local mushroom foray in some mature deciduous woods on Monday. We found quite a lot of the fruiting bodies of Dead Man's fingers Xylaria polymorpha. I wanted some better images and returned, alone, the following day.
The first day was sunny, with light levels in the wood reasonable, but it was still a struggle to focus on these black structures. The second day was overcast, making it much more difficult, with many rejected images. Fortunately, I found many more fruiting bodies on the second day. I was hoping to find the stage with the white tips but did not.
Towards the end of the session, I noticed some immature, flat-backed millipedes feeding on the fruiting bodies. I post these in reverse order, as I did not notice them in the earlier shots, and did not feature them selectively. The last one is the only frame showing a group of millipedes on the moss. It has little photographic merit but completes the story.
All of this was on well-rotted, moss-covered deciduous tree trunk, prostrate on the ground.
The images have been cropped up to about 50%.
EM-1 (manual mode 1/250 sec), Kiron 105mm, mostly at f16, single flash, hand-held.
Harold
The first day was sunny, with light levels in the wood reasonable, but it was still a struggle to focus on these black structures. The second day was overcast, making it much more difficult, with many rejected images. Fortunately, I found many more fruiting bodies on the second day. I was hoping to find the stage with the white tips but did not.
Towards the end of the session, I noticed some immature, flat-backed millipedes feeding on the fruiting bodies. I post these in reverse order, as I did not notice them in the earlier shots, and did not feature them selectively. The last one is the only frame showing a group of millipedes on the moss. It has little photographic merit but completes the story.
All of this was on well-rotted, moss-covered deciduous tree trunk, prostrate on the ground.
The images have been cropped up to about 50%.
EM-1 (manual mode 1/250 sec), Kiron 105mm, mostly at f16, single flash, hand-held.
Harold
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Brian V.
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Thanks, Brian.
When more mature they are a dull pinkish brown and live on/under rotten wood, bark, etc. You probably have some in your garden, e.g. under rockery stones.
Harold